"of the tower. It is customary for bell towers (also called campanile) to be built at the western end of a church, the end opposite the altar. However, the site at Beccles, near the edge of a cliff, and the enormous weight of the proposed tower, approximately three thousand tons, dictated that the tower be built to the east of the church as a free-standing structure. Local historians believe that the tower was originally intended to have a steeple and spire but after forty years of construction, the Protestant Reformation during the reign of King Henry VIII (and the suppression"
"Clock tower Clock towers are a specific type of building which houses a turret clock and has one or more clock faces on the upper exterior walls. Many clock towers are freestanding structures but they can also adjoin or be located on top of another building. Clock towers are a common sight in many parts of the world with some being iconic buildings. One example is the Elizabeth Tower in London (usually called ""Big Ben"", although strictly this name belongs only to the bell inside the tower). There are many structures which may have clocks or clock faces attached to"
"Bell-cot A bell-cot, bell-cote or bellcote is a small framework and shelter for one or more bells. Bellcotes are most common in church architecture but are also seen on institutions such as schools. The bellcote may be carried on brackets projecting from a wall or built on the roof of chapels or churches that have no towers. The bellcote often holds the Sanctus bell that is rung at the consecration of the eucharist. ""Bellcote"" is a compound noun of the words ""bell"" and ""cot"" or ""cote"". ""Bell"" is self-explanatory. The word ""cot"" or ""cote"" is Old English, from the Germanic."
"different, but nonetheless rather similar-looking coat of arms was proposed for Udenheim. It had no chief (the band at the top of the escutcheon), but otherwise the charges and tinctures were the same as in the arms eventually adopted, with one small exception: There was only one eagle; there was none in base, and the bend simply had an empty blue field underneath. Since 1874, a belltower has stood in the middle of the village that was built for a foreseen church that was itself never built. The tower also long served as an alarm for the fire brigade. Udenheim"
"Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower The Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower, simply referred to as ""the bell tower,"" is a functioning bell tower located on the campus of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It is a 172-foot-tall tower with a Roman numeral clock built in on each of the four sides of the tower. The top of the bell tower holds an observation area. It is topped by a conical spire structure. The area around the bell tower is surrounded by hedges and a grass lawn designed by a University botany professor Coker, who also designed the Coker Arboretum on campus."
"Bell-gable The bell gable (, , , ) is an architectural element crowning at the upper end of the wall of church buildings, usually in lieu of a church tower. It consists of a gable end in stone, with small hollow semi-circular arches where the church bells are placed. It is a characteristic example of the simplicity of Romanesque architecture. Bell-gables or ""espadañas"" are a feature of Romanesque architecture in Spain. Since they were easier and cheaper to build than a church tower or bell tower, they are especially common in small village churches throughout the Iberian Peninsula. This simple"
"most famous example of this type is the Church of St. Ivan of the Ladder, adjacent to Ivan the Great Bell Tower in the Moscow Kremlin. In Polish, the word ""Dzwonnica ()"" refers to any type of bell tower, while the fortified trellis construction containing apertures for bells is referred to by the term ""dzwonnica parawanowa"". Zvonnitsa A zvonnitsa (; ; ; ) is a large rectangular structure containing multiple arches or beams that support bells, and a basal platform where bell ringers stand to perform the ringing using long ropes. It was an alternative to a bell tower in"
"influence, especially that of Irish missionaries. Before the use of church bells, Greek monasteries would ring a flat metal plate (see ""semantron"") to announce services. The ""signa"" and ""campanae"" used to announce services before Irish influence may have been flat plates like the ""semantron"" rather than bells. The oldest surviving circle of bells in Great Britain is housed in St Lawrence Church, Ipswich. Church bell A church bell in the Christian tradition is a bell which is rung in a church for a variety of ceremonial purposes, and can be heard outside the building. Traditionally they were used to call"
"with their square, corner-buttressed towers typically positioned on the west side of the churches. The towers soar more than in some cases – in the case of Wells Cathedral's north tower (1440). Most of the towers house bells, and bell-ringing became a tradition still practiced in some of these English country churches. Most of the churches in this article have been designated, under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, by English Heritage as grade I listed buildings, which is defined as encompassing those ""of outstanding or national architectural or historic interest"". Those that do not achieve grade"
"Whitechapel Bell Foundry The Whitechapel Bell Foundry was a business in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. At the time of the closure of its Whitechapel premises, it was the oldest manufacturing company in Great Britain. The bell foundry primarily made church bells and their fittings and accessories, although it also provided single tolling bells, carillon bells and handbells. The foundry was notable for being the original manufacturer of the Liberty Bell, a famous non-religious symbol of United States independence, and for re-casting Big Ben, which rings from the north clock tower (the Elizabeth Tower) at the Houses of Parliament"
"Addleshaw Tower Addleshaw Tower is the free-standing bell tower of Chester Cathedral, in Chester, Cheshire, England. It was designed by George Pace, and built to house the cathedral bells. These had been hung in the cathedral's central tower, and needed overhaul, but it was considered to be unsafe to re-hang them in the tower without disturbing its architectural features. Despite the design resulting in some local controversy, the tower is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It is the first free-standing bell tower to be built by an English cathedral since"
"It means a shelter of some kind, especially for birds or animals (see dovecote), a shed, or stall. Bell-cot A bell-cot, bell-cote or bellcote is a small framework and shelter for one or more bells. Bellcotes are most common in church architecture but are also seen on institutions such as schools. The bellcote may be carried on brackets projecting from a wall or built on the roof of chapels or churches that have no towers. The bellcote often holds the Sanctus bell that is rung at the consecration of the eucharist. ""Bellcote"" is a compound noun of the words ""bell"""
"Steeple A steeple, in architecture, is a tall tower on a building, topped by a spire and often incorporating a belfry and other components. Steeples are very common on Christian churches and cathedrals and the use of the term generally connotes a religious structure. They may be stand-alone structures, or incorporated into the entrance or center of the building. Clock towers were not a part of Christian churches until about AD 600, when they were adapted from military watchtowers. At first they were fairly modest and entirely separate structures from churches. Over time, they were incorporated into the church building"
"The bell tower or campanile is located by the front door of the library although the bell is gone, and there is a small colonnade connecting the main church-library building to former church meeting rooms and offices. Facing Montrose Boulevard, the original stained glass window of the church can be seen featuring a dove with an olive branch in its beak. A modern office building complex in the surrounding area is known as The Campanile, named after the bell tower in the library. Montrose, Houston Montrose is a primarily residential neighborhood located in the Neartown area of Houston, Texas, United"
"quarters. Historically, bells have been associated with religious rituals, and are still used to call communities together for religious services. Later, bells were made to commemorate important events or people and have been associated with the concepts of peace and freedom. The study of bells is called campanology. ""Bell"" is a word common to the Low German dialects, cognate with Middle Low German ' and Dutch ""bel"" but not appearing among the other Germanic languages except the Icelandic ' which was a loanword from Old English. It is popularly but not certainly related to the former sense of ""to bell"""
"briefly sits poised 'upside-down', with the mouth pointed upwards; pulling on a rope connected to a large diameter wheel attached to the bell swings it down and the assembly's own momentum propels the bell back up again on the other side of the swing. Each alternate pull or stroke is identified as either ""handstroke"" or ""backstroke"" - handstroke where the ""sally"" (the fluffy area covered with wool) is pulled followed by a pull on the plain ""tail"". At East Bergholt in the English county of Suffolk, there is a unique set of bells that are not in a tower and"
"of Jesus' death. The university's president, Father William Beauchamp, said that the tower serves as ""constant visual and auditory reminder of the faith that has built and sustained this great institution"". Reverend Tom Doyle, executive vice president, said that the tower ""[augments] and [highlights] the spiritual nature of the education that takes place here"" and ""[draws] in, subtly, the historic components of the campus"". The top of the tower is not accessible to the public. The tower houses fourteen bells of different sizes and ranging from , which chime daily and seasonally. They were constructed in Amsterdam and provided by"
"bell tower, situated several yards from the cathedral itself, a thing uncommon outside of Italy. According to many scholars, the tower was in fact one of the towers of the ancient city walls of the mediaeval Lower Castle that once stood near the modern square. According to another version, not supported by modern historians, the base of the tower was in fact a small pagan temple, demolished and then turned into the bell tower. Regardless of its origins, the lower parts of the tower are mediaeval, with several small loop-holes preserved. Its oldest underground square section was built in the"
"below the old wooden frame, displacing the old ringing chamber, thus the bells are now rung from the base of the tower. The tenor bell is c.1410, from the Worcester foundry; two others are 17th-century. The tenor bell has an unusual border. Ornamental borders of foliage or arabesques between the words or on other parts of the bell are hardly ever found on mediaeval bells. The only other instances in an English church are believed to be on the tenor at Hereford Cathedral (about 1450), and a bell at Bintry, Norfolk (about 1530). There are 24 listed monuments in the"
"example of the process of folk etymology. Today's Dutch """" combines the term ""bell"" with the term ""stronghold"". It was a watchtower that a city was permitted to build in its defence, while the Dutch term """" (bell-chair) refers only to the construction of the hanging system, or the way the bell or bells are installed within the tower. Belfry (architecture) The belfry is a structure enclosing bells for ringing as part of a building, usually as part of a bell tower or steeple. It can also refer to the entire tower or building, particularly in continental Europe for such"
"trace now remains. Irish round tower Irish round towers ( (singular), ""Cloigthithe"" (plural) – literally ""bell house"") are early medieval stone towers of a type found mainly in Ireland, with two in Scotland and one on the Isle of Man. As their name ""Cloigtheach"" indicates, they were originally bell towers, though they may have been later used for additional purposes. Generally found in the vicinity of a church or monastery, the door of the tower faces the west doorway of the church. In this way it has been possible to determine without excavation the approximate site of lost churches, where"
"day church sources claim that the bell tower in Khamovniki is one of the highest tent-style bell towers in Moscow region. In 1757 the builders added a side annex dedicated to Saint Dmitry of Rostov. The church is an example of late Muscovite Baroque that preceded short-lived Naryshkin Baroque of the 1690s. It belongs to a numerous class of ""bonfire temples"" () – church buildings without three internal load-bearing columns, crowned with layers of small circular ""kokoshnik""-type gables. Each gable is a symbol of a heavenly fire (biblical thrones – angels or seraphs); a tightly packed group of gables is"
"Belfry (architecture) The belfry is a structure enclosing bells for ringing as part of a building, usually as part of a bell tower or steeple. It can also refer to the entire tower or building, particularly in continental Europe for such a tower attached to a city hall or other civic building. A belfry encloses the bell chamber, the room in which the bells are housed; its walls are pierced by openings which allow the sound to escape. The openings may be left uncovered but are commonly filled with louvers to prevent rain and snow from entering. There may be"
"no walls and having the bell at its center (see photo above). Sometimes the four pillars have an inward inclination called . After the Nara period, in which temple layout was rigidly prescribed after the Chinese fashion, the position of the bell tower stopped being prescribed and began to change temple by temple. Roofs are either or . Shōrō The or is the bell tower of a Buddhist temple in Japan, housing the temple's . It can also be found at some Shinto shrines which used to be also shrines (see article ""Shinbutsu shūgō""), as for example Nikkō Tōshō-gū. Two"
"Irish round tower Irish round towers ( (singular), ""Cloigthithe"" (plural) – literally ""bell house"") are early medieval stone towers of a type found mainly in Ireland, with two in Scotland and one on the Isle of Man. As their name ""Cloigtheach"" indicates, they were originally bell towers, though they may have been later used for additional purposes. Generally found in the vicinity of a church or monastery, the door of the tower faces the west doorway of the church. In this way it has been possible to determine without excavation the approximate site of lost churches, where the tower still"
"Crooked spire A crooked spire, (also known as a twisted spire) is a tower showing a twist and/or a deviation from the vertical. A church tower usually consists of a square stone tower topped with a pyramidal wooden structure, the spire. The spire is usually clad with slates or lead to protect the wood. Through accident or design the spire may contain a twist, or it may not point perfectly straight upwards. Some however have been built or rebuilt with a deliberate twist, generally as a design choice. There are about a hundred bell towers of this type in Europe."
"brick, rendering installation of bells impossible. Otherwise, sculptural finishes of this period were close to lost originals (present-day sculpture, again, is mostly concrete replica). Menshikov tower had no reliable heating facilities and was closed for the winters. Instead, the congregation built a smaller neoclassical church of St. Theodore Stratelates (completed 1806), which also doubled as the bell tower. In 1821–1850s the tower was a house church of the Central Post Office. The postmasters entertained the plans to reopen the upper level windows and install the bells, but they did not materialize. The church was repaired externally, and the only significant"
"associated with churches as a means of calling the congregation to worship, but there are a few rings in secular buildings. Smaller rings of bells, known as ""mini-rings"" have come recently into existence for training, demonstration or leisure purposes, with bells weighing just a few kilogrammes. The full-circle bell is hung from bearings at the headstock and can be swung through an arc of over 360 degrees using a rope wrapping round a circular bell wheel in alternate directions. This allows the speed of the bell to be changed, by controlling the arc of the swing. The larger the arc,"
"century, bells housed in belltowers became commonplace. Historic bell towers exist throughout Europe. The Irish round towers are thought to have functioned in part as bell towers. Famous medieval European examples include Bruges (Belfry of Bruges), Ypres (Cloth Hall, Ypres), Ghent (Belfry of Ghent). Perhaps the most famous European free-standing bell tower, however, is the so-called ""Leaning Tower of Pisa"", which is the campanile of the Duomo di Pisa in Pisa, Italy. In 1999 thirty-two Belgian belfries were added to the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites. In 2005 this list was extended with one Belgian and twenty-three Northern French"
"of three bells"" was often cast to indicate that it was a Whitechapel (or Aldgate) bell. Whitechapel Bell Foundry The Whitechapel Bell Foundry was a business in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. At the time of the closure of its Whitechapel premises, it was the oldest manufacturing company in Great Britain. The bell foundry primarily made church bells and their fittings and accessories, although it also provided single tolling bells, carillon bells and handbells. The foundry was notable for being the original manufacturer of the Liberty Bell, a famous non-religious symbol of United States independence, and for re-casting Big"
"fell destroyed by a lightning strike in 1892 and was replaced by an ""espadaña"", a more expedient solution than rebuilding the tower. Bell-gable The bell gable (, , , ) is an architectural element crowning at the upper end of the wall of church buildings, usually in lieu of a church tower. It consists of a gable end in stone, with small hollow semi-circular arches where the church bells are placed. It is a characteristic example of the simplicity of Romanesque architecture. Bell-gables or ""espadañas"" are a feature of Romanesque architecture in Spain. Since they were easier and cheaper to"
"and sober architectural element would later be brought to the Americas and the Philippines by Iberian colonizers. The bell gable usually rises over the front façade wall, but in some churches it may be located on top of any other wall or even on top of the toral arch in the midst of the roof. In Catalonia and the Valencian Community bell-gables are also known as ""campanar de paret"" (wall bell tower) or ""campanar de cadireta"". (little-chair bell tower) because it reminds one of the back of a chair. In Écija the bell tower of the church of Santa Bárbara"
"bell tower and the cloister remain. It was consecrated on 7 May 1534, and has a single, cross-vaulted nave, without transept and dome, with chapels located between the buttresses. It is connected by a bridge with the old episcopal palace. The bell tower, with a massive appearance and a square plan, is typically Romanesque in his simplicity. It stands at a height of . The Gothic cloister has a trapezoidal plan and two floors: the lower one dates to the 14th-15th centuries, while the other was added in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. The main façade dates to"